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Show PHILADELPHIA BAPTiSTS. An Tncrcase in the Attendance at the ConferenceThe Con-ferenceThe Membership. Special Dispatch to The Times. Philadelphia, May 20. The proceedings of the Baptist congress were resumed today in Grace church. The number of delegates has been considerably increased since the opening session yesterday, and the roll shows nearly 5000 in attendance. The annual an-nual report indicates that the organization has a membership of 4,300,000, and that during dur-ing the past year it has raised for benevolent purposes nearly four million dollars. The congress proper will close this evening and will be followed by the anniversary meetings meet-ings of the Baptist Home Mission society, the American Baptist Foreign Mission society, soci-ety, the American Baptist Educational society soci-ety and the American Baptist Publishing society. |